Showing posts with label Allison Brennan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allison Brennan. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Random Reads #439, April 16th
Will the Time Come #463, April 16th
Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
Want to Join?
-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book
-Link the post up in the linky
-Visit the other blogs
First, she imagined it. Then a killer made it real.
Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. But fiction and reality collide when a dismembered body is found in Colorado: the real-life victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character in Rowan’s novel. By the time the FBI, the LAPD, and her own private bodyguard gather around her, another person is killed–again, the murder ripped from the pages of Rowan’s book.
In the company of a former Delta Force officer with secrets of his own, Rowan faces an excruciating dilemma: the only way to chase down the tormenting killer is by revisiting the darkness of her past–and by praying for some way out again.
After the prey is chosen, the hunt is on and the kill is certain.
Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. But fiction and reality collide when a dismembered body is found in Colorado: the real-life victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character in Rowan’s novel. By the time the FBI, the LAPD, and her own private bodyguard gather around her, another person is killed–again, the murder ripped from the pages of Rowan’s book.
In the company of a former Delta Force officer with secrets of his own, Rowan faces an excruciating dilemma: the only way to chase down the tormenting killer is by revisiting the darkness of her past–and by praying for some way out again.
After the prey is chosen, the hunt is on and the kill is certain.
Why the time hasn't come yet...
I don't have a copy of this book. I forgot about it, and I want to read it, which is the story of this meme's featured books. Hopefully I'll read it! What about you guys? Happy reading!
I don't have a copy of this book. I forgot about it, and I want to read it, which is the story of this meme's featured books. Hopefully I'll read it! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Will the Time Come #428, August 15th
Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
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-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book
-Link the post up in the linky
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Six years ago, Lucy Kincaid was attacked and nearly killed by an online predator. She survived. Her attacker did not. Now Lucy’s goal is to join the FBI and fight cyber-crime, but in the meantime, she’s volunteering with a victim’s rights group, surfing the Web undercover to lure sex offenders into the hands of the law. But when the predators she hunts start turning up as murder victims, the FBI takes a whole new interest in Lucy.
With her future and possibly even her freedom suddenly in jeopardy, Lucy discovers she’s a pawn in someone’s twisted plot to mete out vigilante justice. She joins forces with security expert and daredevil Sean Rogan, and together they track their elusive quarry from anonymous online chat rooms onto the mean streets of Washington, D.C. But someone else is shadowing them: A merciless stalker has his savage eye on Lucy. The only way for her to escape his brutality may be another fight to the death.
With her future and possibly even her freedom suddenly in jeopardy, Lucy discovers she’s a pawn in someone’s twisted plot to mete out vigilante justice. She joins forces with security expert and daredevil Sean Rogan, and together they track their elusive quarry from anonymous online chat rooms onto the mean streets of Washington, D.C. But someone else is shadowing them: A merciless stalker has his savage eye on Lucy. The only way for her to escape his brutality may be another fight to the death.
Why the time hasn't come yet...
I don't know, there's just so many books and this one, like many others, has slipped through the cracks. I want to read it, though! What about you guys? Happy reading!
I don't know, there's just so many books and this one, like many others, has slipped through the cracks. I want to read it, though! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Will the Time Come #386, October 25th
Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
Want to Join?
-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book
-Link the post up in the linky
-Visit the other blogs
Putting the fun back into dark fiction, this new collection of humorous and highly entertaining horror-filled tales features sidesplitting stories by such "New York Times"-bestselling authors as Heather Graham, L.A. Banks, and Kelley Armstrong.
Why the time hasn't come yet...
Yeah, I don't know why, maybe because it's an anthology, plus I haven't read the first one. Hopefully I'll read it soon! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Yeah, I don't know why, maybe because it's an anthology, plus I haven't read the first one. Hopefully I'll read it soon! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Random Reads #294, July 13th
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Allison Brennan Author Page
The Story: Speak No Evil was a Follow That Blurb Reading Challenge Book, so I read it, and really enjoyed it! And yeah, I can't wait to read more of her books!
Website
Series: Lucy Kincaid, Predator Trilogy, Evil, FBI Trilogy, Prison Break Trilogy, Seven Deadly Sins, Max Revere Novels, Moreno & Hart Mysteries.
Lucy Kincaid: Love is Murder and her site, my review, Love Me to Death and her site, my review, Kiss Me, Kill Me and her site, my review, If I Should Die and her site, my review, Silenced and her site, my review, Vacation Interrupted and her site, (Part of *Love Is Murder*), Stalked and her site, my review, Reckless and her site, my review, Stolen and her site, my review, Cold Snap and her site, my review, Dead Heat and her site, my review, Best Laid Plans and her site, my review, No Good Deed and her site, my review.
Vacation Interrupted is a short story in Love is Murder, set in the Lucy Kincaid world, here's my review.
Predator Trilogy: The Prey and her site, my review, The Hunt and her site, my review, The Kill and her site, my review,
Evil (Slightly related to the *Predator Trilogy*): Speak No Evil and her site, my review, See No Evil and her site, my review, Fear No Evil and her site, my review.
FBI Trilogy: Sudden Death and her site, my review, Fatal Secrets and her site, my review, Cutting Edge and her site, my review, Aim to Kill and her site, (part of *Sweet Dreams*).
Aim to Kill is a story in Sweet Dreams, set in the FBI Trilogy world, here's my review.
Prison Break Trilogy: Killing Fear and her site, my review, Temping Evil and her site, my review, Playing Evil and her site, my review.
Seven Deadly Sins: Deliver Us from Evil and her site, (Part of *What You Can't See*), Original Sin and her site, my review, Carnal Sin and her site, my review, Ghostly Justice and her site, my review, Mortal Sin and her site, my review.
Deliver Us from Evil is a short story in What You Can't See, set in the Seven Deadly Sins world, here's my review.
Max Revere Novels: Maximum Exposure and her site, my review, Notorious and her site, my review, Compulsion and her site, my review, Poisonous and her site.
Moreno & Hart Mysteries: Crash and Burn and her site, my review, Hit and Run and her site, my review.
Stand Alone's: Murder in the River City and her site, my review, 36 Hours and her site, my review, Killing Justice and her site, my review.
Website
Series: Lucy Kincaid, Predator Trilogy, Evil, FBI Trilogy, Prison Break Trilogy, Seven Deadly Sins, Max Revere Novels, Moreno & Hart Mysteries.
Lucy Kincaid: Love is Murder and her site, my review, Love Me to Death and her site, my review, Kiss Me, Kill Me and her site, my review, If I Should Die and her site, my review, Silenced and her site, my review, Vacation Interrupted and her site, (Part of *Love Is Murder*), Stalked and her site, my review, Reckless and her site, my review, Stolen and her site, my review, Cold Snap and her site, my review, Dead Heat and her site, my review, Best Laid Plans and her site, my review, No Good Deed and her site, my review.
Vacation Interrupted is a short story in Love is Murder, set in the Lucy Kincaid world, here's my review.
Predator Trilogy: The Prey and her site, my review, The Hunt and her site, my review, The Kill and her site, my review,
Evil (Slightly related to the *Predator Trilogy*): Speak No Evil and her site, my review, See No Evil and her site, my review, Fear No Evil and her site, my review.
FBI Trilogy: Sudden Death and her site, my review, Fatal Secrets and her site, my review, Cutting Edge and her site, my review, Aim to Kill and her site, (part of *Sweet Dreams*).
Aim to Kill is a story in Sweet Dreams, set in the FBI Trilogy world, here's my review.
Prison Break Trilogy: Killing Fear and her site, my review, Temping Evil and her site, my review, Playing Evil and her site, my review.
Seven Deadly Sins: Deliver Us from Evil and her site, (Part of *What You Can't See*), Original Sin and her site, my review, Carnal Sin and her site, my review, Ghostly Justice and her site, my review, Mortal Sin and her site, my review.
Deliver Us from Evil is a short story in What You Can't See, set in the Seven Deadly Sins world, here's my review.
Max Revere Novels: Maximum Exposure and her site, my review, Notorious and her site, my review, Compulsion and her site, my review, Poisonous and her site.
Moreno & Hart Mysteries: Crash and Burn and her site, my review, Hit and Run and her site, my review.
Stand Alone's: Murder in the River City and her site, my review, 36 Hours and her site, my review, Killing Justice and her site, my review.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Emergency Review-a-Thon Part 2 Update 11
So I've written the review for Speak No Evil and next I want to review The Hunt. Done, done, done!! I've had those 12 or so reviews plus a few others, hanging over my head for over 2 years now, and now it's gone! I just have 2 full years of reviews, and 10 weeks of this year, left to do!! Yeah!!!!
Reviewed Part 2: The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil.
Reviewed All: Rebel Spring, Sacrifice, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret and Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril and Cast in Sorrow, Up From the Grave, Magic Graves, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays, Once Burned and Twice Tempted, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Phantom of the Night, Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil.
Reviewed Part 2: The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil.
Reviewed All: Rebel Spring, Sacrifice, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret and Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril and Cast in Sorrow, Up From the Grave, Magic Graves, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays, Once Burned and Twice Tempted, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Phantom of the Night, Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil.
Emergency Review-a-Thon Part 2 Update 10
So I've written the review for Beautiful Chaos, and next I want to review Speak No Evil. JUST ONE LEFT!!!!!!
Reviewed Part 2: The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos.
Reviewed All: Rebel Spring, Sacrifice, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret and Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril and Cast in Sorrow, Up From the Grave, Magic Graves, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays, Once Burned and Twice Tempted, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Phantom of the Night, Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos.
Reviewed Part 2: The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos.
Reviewed All: Rebel Spring, Sacrifice, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret and Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril and Cast in Sorrow, Up From the Grave, Magic Graves, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays, Once Burned and Twice Tempted, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Phantom of the Night, Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
WWW Wednesday #45, February 15th
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing for starting and hosting this meme!
This week is mostly to show how much I am behind. about 5 of these books are the ones I'm wanting to read this week, and the rest are ones that I wanted to read in previous weeks, going to the last week of December. So yeah, I'm really behind!
I'm currently reading Jekel Loves Hyde, and yeah, it's a really good book!
I'm also reading Catch Me, an e-book, I've read another novel of Lisa Gardner's, and it was really good! Enjoying this one!
I'm also reading Rotters, and it's a bit creepy! But I'm enjoying it!
I'm also reading The Legacy of Eden, as an e-book, and it's a pretty interesting story, if a bit hard to understand!
I'm also reading Against the Night, an e-book, I really enjoyed some of Kat Martin's historicals, and I'm enjoying this one too!
I'm also reading Gil Marsh, an e-book, and it's OK, but I only really got a few pages in, and didn't have a chance yet to really read it yet. But I'll find some time!!!
I'm reading Ice Song, which is slow going, because it kinda has flowery language, and is slow going. Oh, well. Must read it!
I'm also reading Erebos, but only a bit, I got maybe the first 2 pages of chapter 1. But I'll be reading more soon!
I'm also reading Wicked 2, which is a bit slow, since it's 2 books in 1, and I'm getting a bit ticked with Holly, one of the MC's. I really enjoyed the authors other series of which I've read the first book Damned, a lot better. Oh, well. Must read it soon, it's due with 0 renewals while I'm in Phoenix next week!
I'm kinda reading Need You Now as an e-book, it's interesting, but confusing with the money terms that I don't understand. Oh, well.
I'm almost 100 pages in this 500 page book of The Lonely Girls Club. Interesting, but so far, a bit dragging, but I'm getting close to the interesting part of the story!
About halfway done The Luxe, it's really fun, but I'm having a hard time to find time to read it!
I am also reading the e-book Wanderlove, and I really want to finish it soon, because it's really good!
I started reading me@you.com and got about 25 pages in, and then made myself move on because I was that behind. I really want to get back to it!
And Speak No Evil, this is the book from December that I need to read, and it too, like Wicked 2, has 0 renewals while I'm in Phoenix, so I'd better get cracking!
I just finished Ashes, and it was spectacular! I really enjoyed it, and I really want to read Shadows, book 2, I believe!!!
I want to read Guardian of the Gate next, I really enjoyed The Prophecy of the Sisters!
I want to read The Star Shard next, it looks a bit interesting, but if it's too young for me, I'll probably skip it since I don't have time for books that I won't enjoy.
I also want to read Call Me Irresistible, it looks really good, and I was supposed to have read it last week. I just finished Crossed, Darkness Falls, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, and Ashes, of last week, and this is the last physical copy I have left to catch up for week 6. Yep.
Edge of Midnight is an e-book of the week 6 that I really want to read, it looks really good!
I want to read Tattoo, but I can't yet since I haven't finished book 1, Ice Song, above, yet, so yeah. Don't want to read out of order!
I really want to read Ironside, I've been meaning to read it since December with Speak No Evil. The first 2 books were really good! Must read it!
I really want to read Farsighted as an e-book, it looks really good! And I have to review it for tour really soon!
I kinda want to read the e-book of Candlewax, unless it's a kid book, like I mentioned at The Star Shard, and it kinda sounds that way, but I'll give it a shot!
Yeah, like I said, I have a lot of reading to do! Must read it all! Besides the fact that I've already read around 90 books already this year, and most of ones that I wanted to read, too, well, just shows how insane I am! What about you guys? Happy reading!
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing for starting and hosting this meme!
This week is mostly to show how much I am behind. about 5 of these books are the ones I'm wanting to read this week, and the rest are ones that I wanted to read in previous weeks, going to the last week of December. So yeah, I'm really behind!
I'm also reading Rotters, and it's a bit creepy! But I'm enjoying it!
Yeah, like I said, I have a lot of reading to do! Must read it all! Besides the fact that I've already read around 90 books already this year, and most of ones that I wanted to read, too, well, just shows how insane I am! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Monday, January 2, 2012
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #30, January 2nd
What happened in the past week:
Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #29
Teaser Tuesday #38
WWW Wednesday #38
WOW #34
Will the Time Come #29
Third Sentence Thursday #21
Random Reads #5
First Lines Friday #26
A-Z Reading Challenge Update #26
A-Z Book Challenge Start Up
Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge Update #27
The Reward Challenge Round 18
Follow Friday #8
In My Mailbox #30
I Have An Update #28
Week 52 Reviews:
Lament
Ballad
Bonnie
The Thirteen Hallows
Beauty Queens
Awaken
Tithe
Mercy
Exile
Conflicted
The Power of Six
Beautiful Chaos
Speak No Evil
Night of the Living Dead Christian
End of 2011:
What I Wanted to Read in 2011
Happy New Years!
Best Books Read in 2011
2012 Challenges I've Signed Up For
Tours:
Coexist; Review and Giveaway
The Public Pretender; Guest Post
Random:
2012 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge Sign Up
NetGalley Month Declaration January
My Day-Driving, Book Shopping, and Movie
Ok, so I got 37 posts in 7 days, so I'm happy with that. It's the second day of the new year, and I'm hoping that next year's new year will be just as good!
I want to read Possessions, The Evil Within, Inside, Shatter Me, Untraceable, On A Dark Wing, Pure, Hide From Evil, The Demon Lover, Saving June, Crave, Need You Now, The Merchant's Daughter, The Burn, and Farsighted. Plus everything else. I need to get these e-books read!!
Currently Listening To: At the Beginning from Anastasia
Currently Reading: On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane
Currently Watching: Terra Nova
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
16 year old Grace was reared in the wilderness. Her first pet was a bear named Simon. Her first potty, an oak tree. And, her first swing, a forest vine. Grace has lived in the Smokies her whole life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught her everything he knew about wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival. But when Grace's dad goes missing on a routine patrol, unlike everyone in her sleepy mountain town, she refuses to believe he’s dead. When a Cheetos bag and stolen government file materialize, Grace is convinced she’s one step closer to proving all the non-believers wrong.
Then one day while out tracking clues, Grace is rescued from imminent danger by Mo, a hot guy with an intoxicating accent, that’s definitely not from her neck of the woods, and a secret. Grace has never felt a connection like this before, certainly not with her ex-boyfriend, the adoring, but decidedly unrugged Wyn.
Now with renewed confidence, Grace travels deeper into the wilderness that has always been her refuge only to learn that her father's disappearance is not a mere coincidence. Soon she’s enmeshed in a web of conspiracy, deception, and murder. And it’s going to take a lot more than a compass and a motorcycle (named Lucifer) for this kickass heroine to emerge from an epidemic that’s spreading like wild fire, threatening everything and everyone she’s ever loved.
The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn't prepared for. And Death would be my willing teacher.
Five years ago, Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her "lucky" break came at the expense of her mother's life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death—by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky—she would never be normal again.
Now she's the target of Death's ravens and an innocent boy's life is on the line. When Nate Holden—Abbey's secret crush—starts to climb Alaska's Denali, the Angel of Death stalks him because of her.
And Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets.
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . .
There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her.
When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.
Like a chess master, he carefully weighs his next move . . . advancing slowly until he is sure he can capture his helpless pawn. For in his mind, there's no way to . . .HIDE FROM EVIL
Sean Flynn should feel lucky he's alive. But a betrayal by a close friend-and two years on death row-has left him feeling only numb. When his conviction was overturned, Sean retreated to a quiet woodland cabin, far away from prying eyes. There, he believed, the past couldn't come back to haunt him . . . until she showed up.
Overcome with guilt, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Krista Slater can't forgive herself for convicting an innocent man. But when another brutal murder reveals chilling, new facts about his case, she must turn to Sean for help. She's ready to face his anger, but the desire in his eyes ignites a need she's never felt before. Shadowed by danger, Sean and Krista uncover a twisted maze of deception and betrayal-all under the dangerous gaze of a cunning mastermind who will do whatever it takes to keep his evil secrets safe.
Best Books Read in 2011
2012 Challenges I've Signed Up For
Tours:
Coexist; Review and Giveaway
The Public Pretender; Guest Post
Random:
2012 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge Sign Up
NetGalley Month Declaration January
My Day-Driving, Book Shopping, and Movie
Ok, so I got 37 posts in 7 days, so I'm happy with that. It's the second day of the new year, and I'm hoping that next year's new year will be just as good!
I want to read Possessions, The Evil Within, Inside, Shatter Me, Untraceable, On A Dark Wing, Pure, Hide From Evil, The Demon Lover, Saving June, Crave, Need You Now, The Merchant's Daughter, The Burn, and Farsighted. Plus everything else. I need to get these e-books read!!
Currently Listening To: At the Beginning from Anastasia
Currently Reading: On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane
Currently Watching: Terra Nova
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
Then one day while out tracking clues, Grace is rescued from imminent danger by Mo, a hot guy with an intoxicating accent, that’s definitely not from her neck of the woods, and a secret. Grace has never felt a connection like this before, certainly not with her ex-boyfriend, the adoring, but decidedly unrugged Wyn.
Now with renewed confidence, Grace travels deeper into the wilderness that has always been her refuge only to learn that her father's disappearance is not a mere coincidence. Soon she’s enmeshed in a web of conspiracy, deception, and murder. And it’s going to take a lot more than a compass and a motorcycle (named Lucifer) for this kickass heroine to emerge from an epidemic that’s spreading like wild fire, threatening everything and everyone she’s ever loved.
Five years ago, Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her "lucky" break came at the expense of her mother's life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death—by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky—she would never be normal again.
Now she's the target of Death's ravens and an innocent boy's life is on the line. When Nate Holden—Abbey's secret crush—starts to climb Alaska's Denali, the Angel of Death stalks him because of her.
And Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets.
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . .
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . .
There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her.
When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.
Sean Flynn should feel lucky he's alive. But a betrayal by a close friend-and two years on death row-has left him feeling only numb. When his conviction was overturned, Sean retreated to a quiet woodland cabin, far away from prying eyes. There, he believed, the past couldn't come back to haunt him . . . until she showed up.
Overcome with guilt, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Krista Slater can't forgive herself for convicting an innocent man. But when another brutal murder reveals chilling, new facts about his case, she must turn to Sean for help. She's ready to face his anger, but the desire in his eyes ignites a need she's never felt before. Shadowed by danger, Sean and Krista uncover a twisted maze of deception and betrayal-all under the dangerous gaze of a cunning mastermind who will do whatever it takes to keep his evil secrets safe.
I gasped . . . or tried to. My mouth opened, but I couldn’t draw breath. . . . His lips, pearly wet, parted and he blew into my mouth. My lungs expanded beneath his weight. When I exhaled he sucked in my breath and his weight turned from cold marble into warm living flesh.
Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are the result of writing her bestselling book, The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers. After all, Callie’s lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literature—which is why she finds herself at Fairwick’s renowned folklore department, living in a once-stately Victorian house that, at first sight, seemed to call her name.
But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon lover—an incubus—and he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery: He’s not the only mythical creature in Fairwick. As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the incubus, Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficult—banishing this demon lover from her heart.
When her older sister commits suicide and her divorcing parents decide to divide the ashes, Harper Scott takes her sister's urn to the one place June always wanted to go: California. On the road with her best friend, plus an intriguing guy with a mysterious connection to June, Harper discovers truths about her sister, herself and life.
Savannah Colbert has never known why she's so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from a strange illness and the attraction becomes nearly irresistible. It's as if he's a magnet, pulling her gaze, her thoughts, even her dreams. Her family has warned her to have nothing to do with him, or any members of the Clann. But when Tristan is suddenly everywhere she goes, Savannah fears she's destined to fail.
For years, Tristan has been forbidden to even speak to Savannah Colbert. Then Savannah disappears from school for a week and comes back…different, and suddenly he can't stay away. Boys seem intoxicated just from looking at her. His own family becomes stricter than ever. And Tristan has to fight his own urge to protect her, to be near her no matter the consequences….
Abe Cushman, the evil genius behind a sixty-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, has killed himself and taken his secrets to the grave.
For Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall Street advisor at the world's largest Swiss bank, Cushman's fall has unexpected-and deadly-repercussions. His girlfriend, Lilly, is directly tied to billions of dollars in losses suffered by Cushman's most dangerous "victims," a group of powerful investors whose identities and dirty finances are shrouded in secrecy. What Lilly knows can get her-and Patrick-killed, and now the pair are in a run for their lives that leads to the heart of secret operation, and to a cabal of powerful government officials determined to keep their agenda secret from the public.
With no place to turn and no one to trust, Patrick and Lilly must uncover the truth before they become collateral damage in a "financial war" where casualties are no longer measured in dollars and cents.
An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice. Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude to Lord Ranulf, a recluse who is rumored to be both terrifying and beastly. Her circumstances are made even worse by the proximity of Lord Ranulf's bailiff---a revolting man who has made unwelcome advances on Annabel in the past.Believing that life in a nunnery is the best way to escape the escalation of the bailiff's vile behavior and to preserve the faith that sustains her, Annabel is surprised to discover a sense of security and joy in her encounters with Lord Ranulf. As Annabel struggles to confront her feelings, she is involved in a situation that could place Ranulf in grave danger. Ranulf's future, and possibly his heart, may rest in her hands, and Annabel must decide whether to follow the plans she has cherished or the calling God has placed on her heart.
She finds a group of survivors that quickly become friends, and every day with them is a race for survival. When she witnesses and commits unspeakable acts, she has to decide where her loyalty lies: with the colony she despises or The Burn, where every day is filled with nightmares.
Unfortunately, Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to “see” the future. Try as he may, Alex is unable to ignore his visions, especially when they begin to suggest that Simmi is in danger. With the help of the mysterious psychic next door and new friends who come bearing gifts of their own, Alex must embark on a journey to change his future.
Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are the result of writing her bestselling book, The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers. After all, Callie’s lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literature—which is why she finds herself at Fairwick’s renowned folklore department, living in a once-stately Victorian house that, at first sight, seemed to call her name.
But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon lover—an incubus—and he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery: He’s not the only mythical creature in Fairwick. As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the incubus, Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficult—banishing this demon lover from her heart.
For years, Tristan has been forbidden to even speak to Savannah Colbert. Then Savannah disappears from school for a week and comes back…different, and suddenly he can't stay away. Boys seem intoxicated just from looking at her. His own family becomes stricter than ever. And Tristan has to fight his own urge to protect her, to be near her no matter the consequences….
For Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall Street advisor at the world's largest Swiss bank, Cushman's fall has unexpected-and deadly-repercussions. His girlfriend, Lilly, is directly tied to billions of dollars in losses suffered by Cushman's most dangerous "victims," a group of powerful investors whose identities and dirty finances are shrouded in secrecy. What Lilly knows can get her-and Patrick-killed, and now the pair are in a run for their lives that leads to the heart of secret operation, and to a cabal of powerful government officials determined to keep their agenda secret from the public.
With no place to turn and no one to trust, Patrick and Lilly must uncover the truth before they become collateral damage in a "financial war" where casualties are no longer measured in dollars and cents.
The Burn is full of nuclear fallout, roving gangs, anarchy, unreliable plumbing. That's what Terra's father tells her. She has lived her whole life in comfort in a colony at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. She hates it. And she would pay any price to leave. But when Terra finally escapes the colony, she finds out her father is right.
Alex Kosmitoras’s life has never been easy. The only other student who will talk to him is the school bully, his parents are dead-broke and insanely overprotective, and to complicate matters even more, he's blind. Just when he thinks he'll never have a shot at a normal life, a new girl from India moves into town. Simmi is smart, nice, and actually wants to be friends with Alex. Plus she smells like an Almond Joy bar. Yes, sophomore year might not be so bad after all.
Unfortunately, Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to “see” the future. Try as he may, Alex is unable to ignore his visions, especially when they begin to suggest that Simmi is in danger. With the help of the mysterious psychic next door and new friends who come bearing gifts of their own, Alex must embark on a journey to change his future.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Week 52 Review: Speak No Evil
Silence is deadly.
The murder of eighteen-year-old Angie Vance was exceptionally vile–her mouth was sealed with glue, an obscenity scrawledwas across her skin, and she was suffocated in a garbage bag. The killing seems personal, so police detective Carina Kincaid focuses her efforts on the victim's much older ex-boyfriend, Steve Thomas. But without physical evidence, Carina can't make a collar or a case. She also can't stop Sheriff Nick Thomas, the prime suspect's brother, from conducting his own unwelcome investigation.
Though Nick is still scarred and unsteady from a recent confrontation with a serial killer, he's determined to prove his brother’s innocence. But his confidence is shaken when he learns of Steve's dark side, and when a friend of the murdered girl meets a similarly gruesome fate. With no time to lose, Carina and Nick work together to trap a psychopath, before another unlucky woman faces an unspeakable end.
Evil has spoken. Now see what it can do.
My Review:
Oh, what a great mystery! I mean, the bad guy was completely creepy to read, and aggravating! Because he's evil, and he didn't really have to be. But then we wouldn't have this wonderful book if he wasn't, so I guess that's something.
But this book has some pretty gruesome, the kills, how they were treated before they were killed, how they were left...not pretty. But then there's Carina and Nick to solve the crime, so nobody else falls victim to the bad guy. Because their end would not be pleasant at all.
These were some pretty fantastic characters, richly detailed, nuanced, real, and characters that I'd like to spend time with, even though they'd problem not want to spend time with me, at gr. 12'er :)
Loved how they solved the case, with great detective skills, and a bit of luck! Because if they'd missed one part, that was pretty crucial, well, things would'v been quite a bit different, and that wouldn't have been the best book, because the characters would'v have been who they were.
I really enjoyed this book, can't wait to read more of this world!!!
Author: Alison Brennan
Series: No Evil #1
Read: February 15th-16th, 2012
Source: Library
Reason Why: Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge book. Plus it looked good!
Publisher: Ballatine Books
Published: January 30th 2007
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Friday, December 30, 2011
First Lines Friday #26, December 30th
First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!
"My name is Marina, as of the sea, but I wasn't called that until much later. In the beginning I was known merely as Seven, one of the nine surviving Garde from the planet Lorien, the fate of which, and still is, left in our hands. Those of us who aren't lost. Those of us still alive." -The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
"In Gatlin, it's funny how the good things are all tied up with the bad. Sometimes it's hard to tell which is which. But either way, you end up taking your sugar with your salt and your kicks with your kisses, as Amma would say. I don't know if it's like that everywhere." -Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
"Monsters don't exist. I had been telling myself that for nearly a week. But it was the sort of night you could almost believe in them. A bone-white moon hung in a field punctuated with bright starts, and dark clouds moved across the sky like slow moving barges. It was nearly Halloween, and despite the cobwebs, giant spiders, tombstones, skulls, and electronic screams, it was a pleasant night. But I didn't feel pleasant." -Night of the Living Dead Christian by Matt Mikalatos
"At the very beginning, she had seen his face and knew he would not let her live. She couldn't plead with him, he'd sealed her mouth shut. No way to beg, to appeal to his humanity. He had no humanity. Why hadn't she seen it before? Had she been so blind that when he looked at her she couldn't see the hatred, the anger, the sick lust?" -Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan.
Well, those are a few different types of lines! From some very different books, but I'm enjoying all of them! What about you guys? Happy reading!
-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!
"In Gatlin, it's funny how the good things are all tied up with the bad. Sometimes it's hard to tell which is which. But either way, you end up taking your sugar with your salt and your kicks with your kisses, as Amma would say. I don't know if it's like that everywhere." -Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
"Monsters don't exist. I had been telling myself that for nearly a week. But it was the sort of night you could almost believe in them. A bone-white moon hung in a field punctuated with bright starts, and dark clouds moved across the sky like slow moving barges. It was nearly Halloween, and despite the cobwebs, giant spiders, tombstones, skulls, and electronic screams, it was a pleasant night. But I didn't feel pleasant." -Night of the Living Dead Christian by Matt Mikalatos
"At the very beginning, she had seen his face and knew he would not let her live. She couldn't plead with him, he'd sealed her mouth shut. No way to beg, to appeal to his humanity. He had no humanity. Why hadn't she seen it before? Had she been so blind that when he looked at her she couldn't see the hatred, the anger, the sick lust?" -Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan.
Well, those are a few different types of lines! From some very different books, but I'm enjoying all of them! What about you guys? Happy reading!
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